Senior DevOps Lead: Azure, .NET, AI-Driven Infra & CI/CD

EPAM Systems; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. in the United States seeks a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and stabilize our Azure-based cloud platforms and API ecosystems. You will drive CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and reliability initiatives across distributed systems.

You will lead complex investigations, implement AI-assisted engineering tools, and ensure secure, scalable deployments of Windows and Linux services, APIs, and containerized workloads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps with leadership experience.
• Hands-on Azure API Management and complex policy authoring.
• Strong .NET/API development background with cloud apps.
• Proficient in troubleshooting across distributed systems.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and LLM agents.
• CI/CD expertise with YAML pipelines and Terraform.
• Ability to deploy and manage Windows and Linux servers (IIS, Nginx).
• Familiarity with Azure Functions, AKS, Web Apps, and WAF.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support API integrations on Azure API Management.
• Develop and optimize policies (XML and C#) for authentication and routing.
• Implement IaC with Terraform to provision environments.
• Deploy and operate Azure-native services including Functions, Web Apps, Container Apps, AKS.
• Manage Azure DevOps self-hosted agents across on-premises and cloud.
• Oversee deployments across Windows and Linux, configuring hosting with IIS/Nginx.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps; ensure security practices.
• Lead investigations and RCA across applications, APIs, infra, and networks.
• Apply LLM-powered AI agents to accelerate tasks while maintaining security.
• Align API design with SPA front-ends and ensure robust monitoring dashboards.

Skills

Lead DevOps

Azure expertise

API management

Troubleshooting

AI-assisted tools

CI/CD practices

Monitoring & diagnostics

Networking fundamentals

English communication

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes / AKS

Nginx / IIS

APIM

Application Insights

Log Analytics

Azure Key Vault

VMSS

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. in the United States seeks a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and stabilize our Azure-based cloud platforms and API ecosystems. You will drive CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and reliability initiatives across distributed systems.

You will lead complex investigations, implement AI-assisted engineering tools, and ensure secure, scalable deployments of Windows and Linux services, APIs, and containerized workloads.